Real Estate News

Mayer remarks that the plan is probably not as risky as it sounds.

Professor Christopher Mayer discusses the limitations of the federal Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) with Bloomberg.

Arvind Chary '11 is a co-founder of Altas Real Estate Partners

The 2011 Real Estate Symposium took place on December 8, 2011, from 12 to 5 p.m. at Faculty House, Columbia University, and was open exclusively to alumni of Columbia Business School. The keynote speaker was Richard B. Saltzman of Colony Capital.

The Future Development in New York panel, moderated by Tommy Craig '82, senior vice president, Hines, and adjunct professor, Columbia Business School, addressed the challenges and opportunities of creating large, mixed-use development projects in New York.

Jeffrey Barclay '83, managing director and CIO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Real Estate Investment Group, adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, and chairman of the 2011 Real Estate Symposium Steering Committee moderated the panel discussion on the state of the commercial real estate debt markets.

Andrew Jacobs '96, managing director and partner of Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management and adjunct professor at the School moderated a discussion on investor demand within the real estate equity universe - from publicly traded REITs to real estate private equity and investments.

The main panel on designing and executing investment strategies centered on an outlook of cautious optimism amidst a backdrop of unprecedented uncertainty for real estate markets over the next few years.

Professor Lynne Sagalyn kicked off the Fourth Annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium with one word to describe the state of the Real Estate program: "strong." The 2011 Real Estate Symposium keynote address was delivered by Richard B. Saltzman, president of Colony Capital.

Elliott Cohen '06 is the co-founder and CEO of City Maps, a service popular with NYC brokers.